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Claas Nendel is co-head of the ZALF Research Area 4 “Simulation and Data Science”, in which he also leads the working group “Landscape Modelling”. A studied geo-ecologist (University of Technology Carolo-Wilhelmina, Braunschweig, Germany; Agricultural University of Norway, Ås), he received his PhD from Braunschweig in 2002 and qualified for lecturer (Habilitation) at Berlin University of Technology in 2014. Since 2020 he is jointly appointed professor of Landscape Systems Analysis with the University of Potsdam.

He has been working for more than 25 years in agricultural research on applied integrated modelling of water, nitrogen and carbon dynamics, organic matter decomposition, crop growth, product quality, and farm economics in special crops (grapevine, vegetables) and major agricultural crops. His main focus is the carry-over effect within crop rotations and the consequences for yield and product quality, in which he serves world-wide activities towards food security, resource efficiency and climate action.

Claas is the principal developer of the MONICA simulation model for biophysical processes in agro-ecosystems, which was put together in the context of regional climate change impact in rural areas. MONICA took part in a range of research projects,  international model comparison studies and contributes to a range of information systems. Claas has served as the president of the European Society of Agronomy and as speaker of the German Soil Science Society plant nutrition section and of the German Agricultural Research Alliance’s Climate Change Platform. Currently, he contributes to the Czech national greenhouse gas emission reporting system and to the 2040 generation of EUMETSAT meteo-satellites. He hosted four large national and international conferences and published more than 175 peer-reviewed journal articles, twelve book chapters and more than 260 contributions to national and international conferences.

 

Research Interests

  • Agro-ecosystem modelling
  • Landscape-scale processes
  • Simulation-aided management of ecosystem services

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